Hamilton Parish youth coach Corey Hill will meet with two Government officials today to push forward an idea to build a facility at Government-owned Shelly Bay Field to accommodate more than 100 youngsters in the club’s football programme.And Hill, who grew up nearby and played football and cricket at the field, insists the structure will benefit other sports groups like the Commercial Cricket League and Masters football as well as the wider community.“When you’re dealing with, let’s say, 10 or 20 kids you can manage that without a real structure, but when you start dealing with close to 100 kids within the community we need to have some type of building or structure to accommodate that,” said Hill, who went on to be an outstanding footballer and cricketer for Hamilton Parish and Bailey’s Bay.He says the lack of a structure, other than the present storage space, leaves the children exposed to the elements in bad weather and without a bathroom facility.“The way we’re operating now at Shelly Bay is just not working because our programme has been flourishing so much over the last five years or so that now we need to look at ways to enhance the programme. We need a structure than can facilitate the bodies and the equipment.“One day while we were training we had treacherous rain coming down and everybody was trying to fit themselves into the little structure that we have there now for our equipment and it was just chaos. Then I had a little girl in the programme who needed to use the bathroom and you can’t send a little girl into the trees.”Hill has the backing of the Hamilton Parish youth programme committee and was also approached by the Hamilton Parish Parish Council, seeking ways to enhance the community. Hill has been approaching different people in the community to seek their input. He feels having a structure at the field would enable the facility to be fully utilised and subsequently have many social benefits. He says the same youngsters who don’t get facilities for today could be tomorrow’s youth exhibiting anti-social behaviour.“It’s not only about running around on the field. For instance if the weather is bad we can do blackboard sessions, video sessions or can open up the facility for kids who may need to do homework or for day care,” said Hill who already has plans drawn up for the building which could be built in two phases. There are about 100 youngsters in the youth football programme ranging from under four to under 14s.“Something needs to be done and I feel it’s time for me to start approaching different stakeholders and people in government and the community who can make a difference in getting some type of structure here,” said Hill who coaches the under-eight year-olds.“We’re not talking about a state of the art structure, maybe 4,000 square feet that can accommodate changing rooms, a weight room, kitchen, office and some bathrooms, obviously, to help us do the work that is required. We have a first class trainer already in our administration, Sabrina Burgess who is Miss Bermuda Fitness, and we have teachers on board who are a part of our coaching staff. The community can benefit from it.”Added Hill: “We all can identify with the problems we face as it relates to our kids in today’s society, we read about it every day, but hardly read about solutions to help these kids. We must admit we have lost a generation of youth but we also have a generation coming through that are worthy of saving. This is not something we want, this is something we need.”We look at this as a great opportunity for someone to step in and assist as the situation has potential to produce productive young men and women that we are so desperately in need of. This not something I want to do for me, this is something that is needed because I went through it.”